Alternative splicing of smooth muscle myosin heavy chains and its functional consequences

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-528

  Haase, Hannelore ^a   Morano, Ingo ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

alternative splicing; contractility; myosin heavy chains; myosin light chains; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; GENE INSERTION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOMETRIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URINARY BLADDER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029947386     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960315)60:4<521::AID-JCB8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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